Collection An Artist Visits the White House Past
From its construction in 1792, until the 1902 renovation that shaped the modern identity and functions of the interior of the White...
North Front of the President's House
- Artist
- Samuel Blodget, Jr.
- Date of Work
- c. 1800
- Type
- Architectural Drawing
- Credit
- White House Collection/White House Historical Association
North Front of the President's House
This architectural sketch of the North Front of the White House was drawn by Samuel Blodget, Jr., a merchant and amateur architect and artist. A fainter inscription, possibly added by a different individual, indicates the sketch was made "in the Presidency of Jefferson and Madison" or sometime between 1801-1817. Blodget added the carved laurel branches, which were not in place at the time of the sketch.
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